Machine for making stay-bolts and the like.



J.A.EDEN,JB.

, MACHINE FOR MAKING STAY BOLTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 9, 1907.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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UNITED sfrATEs PATENT OFFICE.-

JAMES A. EDEN, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO E. W. BLISS COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING STAY-BOLTS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed March 9, 1907. Serial No. 361,552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs A. EDEN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Machines for Making Stayolts or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

Stay-bolts for boilers are ordinarily provlded with a short screw-thread at each end by hich they are attached to the opposite plates of a boiler before the slightly projectlng ends are cut off andswaged to clamp the plates, and are drilled from the outer end inward a'suflicient distance to permit the es' cape of water or steam when a bolt breaks between the two lates, and thus to indicate the fact of a brea k.

The present machine is designed to manufacture rapidly and. cheaply bolts or blanks of proper lengths with squared heads by which they may be screwed into the plates, and with their outer ends slightly punched to facilitate the centering of the drill in the sub sequent operation of drilling.

of the, squared (or otherwise non-circular)- The forming heads of the bolts is effected by means of powerful radially moving jaws'which swage the blanks, compressing the cold metal to the desired shape in cross-section. The blanks are preferably cut in the same machine from a rod, and automatically fed to said jaws, and the jaws effect the squaring of the blank to the desired extent at a single operation, and while the blank is held between the jaws the center punch is forced into the head of the blank to make the desired indentation, this combination of automatic operations serving to turn out the product at an extremely rapid rate. Various other' ointsof advantage are referred to in detai hereinafter.

The accompany' g drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side and I an end elevation of the product of the ma-" chine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the comlete machine. Fig. 4 is a lan of the, same.

ig. 5 is a transverse vertica section through the clamping jaws, taken approximately on the line 5 5 of Fig. ,8; Fig. .6; is an end elevation of the rear frame, showing the various drivin connections. Fig. 7 is an end elevation o thefront frame carrying the squaring jaws or dies, and taken approximately onthe line 7- 7 of Fig. 8. Fig.8 is'a the rollers D.

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cross-section approximately on the line. 8-8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a artial elevation from the inner side of the s ear frame, taken ap proximately on the line 99 of Fig. 3. Fig. 10 isan elevation of the shear frame from the opposite end. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal ver tlcal section through the principal parts which act directly on the work. Fig. 11 is a side elevation showing the distortion of one end of the blank in shearing it. Fig. 12'is a transverse vertical section taken approxiillustrating the sidewise movement of the punch. Fig. 13 is an oblique section through the squaring dies, taken ap roximately on the line 1313 of Fig. 7. igs. 14 and 15 are diagrams indicating the operation of the 'mately on the line 1212 of Fig. 11, and c machine when the end of a long rod is v reached. Figs. 16 and 17 are diagrams illustrating the action of the end sto in connection with the shearing blades. ig. 18 is a plan of the magazine. Fig. 19 is an elevation on the line 19-49, Fig. 11, with the upper blade raised.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated, and especially to Fig. 11, a continuous long rod A, or a succession of such rods, of circular cross-section, is supported upon rollers B between side plates B, and asses through a guide 0 to a air of rapi y rotating feed rollers D whic L push the advance end of it against a gage or stop E, whereupon the projecting portion F, constituting' a blank of the desired length, 1s. sheared off between a lower fixed shear blade G and an upper moving blade H. The blanks F, as they are sheared off, fall into a receptacle com osed of two pairs of narrow vertical guides one pair near each end, and the guides of each pa1r being separated only sufficiently to permit the free movement of the blanks so that the are stacked vertically as indicated. A pus or K then ushes out endwise the lowest of the stack 0 blanks F, pushing it to a osition ap roximately under ere it is 0 am ed by clamping jaws L o crating horizonta y (see Fig. 5), the end of it ying within a set of squaring aws M operating ob iquely, as shown 1n Flg. 7.

Here the jaws come together, and at one operation produce the squared or a proximately squared'head N (Figs. 1am 2) by swaging'the cold metal. At the same time. the unch O is forced sliglitl into the end of liead to form the recess Theblank 1s then completed, as far as the work of this machine is concerned, and the clamping jaws and squaring jaws are withdrawn, and the center punch is swung laterally out of line with the blank, which is ejected endwise by the ushing of the next blank into its pl ace.

T e feed rollers D are driven at a rapid rate by means of a belt pulley Q (Fig. 4) on the shaft of the lower roller, the belt allowing a considerable'slip after the rod A has engaged the end stop E and can no longer be fed. The s eed of the rollers is referably such that the short portion A at t e rear end of a red A (Figs. 14 and 15) will be fed ast the shearing blades and dropped out of t e way, and the new rod will be fed entirely up to the stop E before the shear blades come together.

The receptacle below the shears is composed allowed for by making the stop E movable at of narrow guides J, as explained, so that short ends, as A, will fall out sidewise and thus avoid interference with the subsequent operations.

When the shear blades H and Gbegin their shearing action there is acertain longitudinal movement of the blank,-and this is the proper moment (see Figs. 16 and 17). The stop is longitudinally adjustable in its supporting frame R to adapt it to blanks of differentlen ths. The supporting frame is arranged to s ide in a longitudinal groove in a fixed sup ort S, and is pressed outward by a s ring 1. rol er V upon the frame R, and during the greater part of its revolution holds the stop rigidly in position.

blade G, and having guides Z Z for the sliding head a which carries the upper movable blade H. The shear frame l also carries fastened on its inner face the bearings X for the feeding rollers D, as shown. The fixed frame carries also lateral ears 1) (Figs. 9 and 10) through which pass powerful shafts c 0" provided with eccentriesgiving a slight verti-' cal reciprocation to links d connected to the crosshead e which carries the head a of the upper shearing blade.

he reciprocating feed' rod K is slidable in its support which is carried upon a longitudinal rod f which passes through a guide lug g on the outside of the shear frame X (Fig. 3), and through the front frame It, and is connected by means of a suitable cross-head (Fig. 8) and link Ir to a transverse crankshaft Z, whereby it receives a long backward Arotatmg cam U engages a and forward movement. The rod K is pressed inward yieldingly on the inward movement of the support f by any suitable means. As shown it is held by friction in its support f and is also pressed inward by a.

weight f 2 de ending from a chain attached at its end to tile outer end of the rod K, and with its bight running over a pulley on the under side of the supportf. On the outward movement of the supportf it engages a collar on the outer end ofthe rod so as to carry the rod with it. On the inward movement of the support the rod follows it, but yieldingly. Thus 1f a blank sticks in the jaws or in the magazine, the rod will yield rather than.

break; and, What is more important, by manually holding the rod withdrawn the squaring and punching operations cease, while the shearing continues, this 0 eration being especially useful for filling t 1e magazine.

The forward frame It is of the shape indicated in 7, with a central opening and with angular lugs m 'providing four radial grooves in which are fastened finished liners n forming guides for the squaring dies. Each die M is carried in a head 0 and is ad'ustable therein by means of wedges p ig. 13) screwing in and out between the back of the die and a solid ortion of the head 0. Each head is guided y the guides n, and is connected by means of a link (1 to'an eccentric 1'. The upper pair-of eccentrics are mounted on the shafts c c which operate the shear. The lower eccentrics are mounted on similar shafts s s; The dies are removable so that various sizes and shapes may be used, and by means of the wedge adjustment described they are arranged to come together to any desired extent at the center.

The clamping mechanism comprises a pair of jaws L L (Figs. 5 and 8) carried in a box t with forward and rear cover plates u 'v, the latter being removed in Fig. 5. The box If is bolted upon the forward face of the fram h, its position being indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7. The clamping jaws L are identical, and are each provided with four faces having half-round grooves therein of different diameters, so that by turning them they may be made to serve for diflerent sized blanks.

One of the dies L is fixed in operation, being backed by a liner w of suitable thickness between the die and the solid end of the box.

The other die is backed by a liner w bringing it into engagement with a sliding head a: driven by a link 3 and toggle arm 2 upon a shaft 2 which passes through the main rame h and is oscillated by means of an arm 3 0011- nected to a link 4 the upper end of which embraces the shaft 0 and is engaged and reciprocated at intervals by means of a cam 5 on said shaft engaging a roller 51 carried by the link 4. nection with the toggle arm 2.

The clamping jaws L are formed with bev- Pull-baek plates 2 are used in con' eled edges 6,"and a pointed plunger 7 is aris connected to a link 13 the u ranged below the dies and ressed u ward by a s rin 8, its position iieing suci that upon t e re ease of the dies the u ward pres sure becomes effective to shift t e movable jaw slightly, preventing the sticking of the die to the blank and permitting free movement of the latter.

The center punch O is given its forward movement at the pro or time by means of a cam 9 carried upon t e cross-shaft Z. It is only when the punch is to be driven forward I that it lies longitudinally in line with the blank. Immediately thereafter it is shifted laterally. To effect this operation it is arranged to slide through bearings'in the ends of arms 10 and 11 mounted on a common shaft in the fixed bearings 12, and the arm 11 per end of which straddles the shaft 0 amy 1s reciprocated by means of a cam 14 on said shaft engaging a roller 141 carried by said link.

The movements described may be obtained by various mechanisms, and the power may be transmitted thereto by various combinations of transmitting mechanism. -In the arrangement shown the shafts c c s .8

pass not onl through the corners of the forward cross rame h but similarly through a rear cross frame 15, and are provided with gears 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively, all of which are driven from a central pinion 20 mounted upon a short shaft 21 carrying a second gear 22 in the rear of the faces of the other gears, and engaged by a pinion 23 upon a lower shaft 24, which in turn is driven by a large gear 25 driven by a 'inion 26 upon a shaft 27 carrying a large be t which the ower for the mac ne is initially derived. he shaf ts 24 and 27 are supported at their rear ends in an additional standard 29. The symmetricalarrangement of gears describe-d ives great strength and freedom drives the cross-shaft I previously referred to.

On one end of the shaft lis a large belt pulley 33 from which the y the pulley Q for the eed rollers, as previously described.

An important feature of themachine is in the assoclating of the shears and the squaring mechanism in such away that the imperfect end of the blank formed by the shearing operation is the end which is squared. In using the stay-bolts it is the squared ends of course which areon the outside, and these ends are usually cut off before the swaging operation, so that they need to be only sufficiently perfect to permit the forming of the squared head. Fig. 11" shows the rear end of the blank F, which, in ractice, will be found sheared at a substantlal angle. Such an end action of the shears.

Bplley 28 from ower is transmitted to down plate 34 (Figs. 11 and 19) which is fastened to the. cross-bar carrying the lower shear blade, and is properly apertured for the passage of the stock, and extends nearly to the line of the upper blade. This insures the holding down of the rear end of the stock after it has passed through the feeding rollers, so that the stock shall be held rigidly for the The vertical guides J constituting the magazine are arranged to be adjusted for bolts of different diameters and of difle-r'ent lengths. They are preferably supported, as indicated in Fig. 18,.up'ona plate 35 extend ing into the space between the two sides of the shear frame X, and fastened by means of lateral flanges 36 upon the outer edgesof said frame, with a capacity for vertical adjustment, all-as indicated in Figs. 10 and 18. A central slot is formed in said plate 35 sufficiently large to erinit the escape of blanks 'which are not he d by the guides J constituting the magazine. I I

Though I have'describedzwith great particularity of detail .a specific machine embodying my invention, yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is restricted to the s ecific machine described.

Various modi cations thereof in detail and in the arrangement and combination of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art Without do arture from the invention,

What I c aim is 1. In a machine of the class described, in combination, means for cutting blanks from a rod a magazine for receiving said blanks,

radially moving jaws adapted to close on a 7 blank and compress the same, means for punching the end of said blank, means. for automatically feeding blanks from said magazine to said jaws and to said unching means and for ejecting each blan by the i l next, and means for withdrawing the punch out of the line of said blank to permit the ejecting of said blank endwise.

2. In a machine of the class described, I means for feeding a succession of long rods, I

means for cutting bolt-lengths therefrom,

the machine having a space through which the rear end of a rod moves out of line when iao 3' a machine the class, described,

means for shearing bolts from a rod, two

pairs of guides into whichthe bolts fall as they are sheared ,off and which are arranged .one pair nearly a boltlength from the other,

with an open s ace between, whereby a rod 1 Substantially s orter than a bolt-length will fall out from between them.

4. In a machine of the class described, a

pusher for pushing the bolts to the squaring I forward frame h, a rear frame 15, shafts cc,

s 8 extending between and carried by the corners of said frames, and squaring means carried by the forward frame and operated by said shafts.

6. In a machine of the class described, a shear frame, and shears carried thereby, a forward frame It rearward of said shear frame, squaring means carried by said forward frame, a rear frame at the rear of the machine,

said'frames being transverse to the length of the machine, and longitudinal shafts carried by said forward and rear frames and operating said squaring means and shears.

7'. In a machine of the class described, a shear frame, and shears carried thereby, a forward frame h rearward of said shear frame, squaring 'means carried by said forward frame, a rear frame at the rear of the machine, said frames being transverse to the length of the machine, longitudinal shafts carried by said forward and rear frames and operating said squaring-means and shears, and a center punch and secondary shaft for operating the same, both carried between said front and rear frames.

8; In a machine of the class described, a magazine comprising guides J adjustable horizontally to accommodate blanks of various diameters and of various lengths, and a sup ort 35 for said guides adjustable vertica ly.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. EDEN, JR.

Witnesses DOMINGO A. USINA, THEODORE 'l. SNELL.- 

